Is there a direct bus between Port Authority Bus Terminal and Cornell University?

Yes, there is a direct bus departing from New York, NY and arriving at Ithaca, NY. Services depart six times a week, and operate Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The journey takes approximately 4 h 30 min.

OurBus operates a bus from Port Authority Bus Terminal to Cornell University 6 times a week. Tickets cost $16 - $35 and the journey takes 4 h 30 min. College Express also services this route once daily.

Flights from Philadelphia to Ithaca

Flights from Newark to Elmira/Corning

Ave. Duration

1 h 5 min

When

Every day

Estimated price

$150 - $800

Train operators

Amtrak Acela Express

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Cornell University

Cornell University is a private and statutory Ivy League research university located in Ithaca, New York. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, the university was intended to teach and make contributions in all fields of knowledge—from the classics to the sciences, and from the theoretical to the applied. These ideals, unconventional for the time, are captured in Cornell's motto, a popular 1865 Ezra Cornell quotation: "I would found an institution where any person can find instruction in any study."

More things to do in Ithaca

The Cornell Lab of Ornithology is a member-supported unit of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York which studies birds and other wildlife. It is housed in the Imogene Powers Johnson Center for Birds and Biodiversity in Sapsucker Woods Sanctuary. Approximately 250 scientists, professors, staff, and students work in a variety of programs devoted to the Lab's mission: interpreting and conserving the Earth's biological diversity through research, education, and citizen science focused on birds. Work at the Lab is supported primarily by its 75,000 members. The Cornell Lab pubblishes books under the Cornell Lab Publishing Group, issues a quarterly publication, Living Bird magazine, and a distributes monthly electronic newsletter. It manages numerous citizen-science projects and websites, including the Webby Award-winning All About Birds.

The Cornell Botanic Gardens, formerly known as the Cornell Plantations, is a botanical garden located adjacent to the Cornell University campus in Ithaca, New York. The Botanic Gardens proper consist of 25 acre of botanical gardens and 150 acre of the F.R. Newman Arboretum. The greater Botanic Gardens includes 40 different nature areas around Cornell and Ithaca, covering 4300 acre.

Ithaca Falls is a waterfall located within the city of Ithaca, New York. It is the last of a series of waterfalls along the hanging valley formed where Fall Creek intersects the glacial trough of Cayuga Lake. The falls are in an amphitheater formed by freezing and thawing of the weak shale which makes up most of the gorge walls. The splash pool, and the creek just below the falls, are a popular spot for fly fishing.

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